Jim Rukutai

Jim Rukutai
Personal information
Full namePumipi James Rukutai
Born1877 or 1878
Kāwhia, Waikato, New Zealand
Died (aged 62)
Onehunga, Auckland
Playing information
PositionLoose forward, Prop, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1910–1911 City Rovers 9 4 0 0 12
1912–1913 Manukau 8 2 0 0 6
1913–1919 City Rovers 53 11 7 0 47
1917 Combined (City, Newton, & N Shore) 1 0 0 0 0
1921–22 Fire Brigade 4 0 0 0 0
1924 Māngere United 7 5 0 0 15
Total 82 22 7 0 80
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1909 New Zealand Māori 9 3 1 0 11
1911–1918 Auckland 18 9 2 0 31
1911–21 New Zealand 23 7 0 0 21
Coaching information
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1919–1920 Māngere United 16 8 2 6 50
1921–22 Fire Brigade 24 3 1 20 13
1921 New Zealand 8 4 0 4 50
1922–37 New Zealand Māori 11 5 0 6 45
1924–30 Māngere United 10 4 0 6 40
1933 Auckland 5 5 0 0 100

Pumipi James Rukutai (born 1877 or 1878 – 11 January 1940) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) and coached New Zealand. The Auckland Rugby League's minor premiership, the Rukutai Shield, is named after him.